David Teel

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David Teel is an award-winning sports columnist for the Daily Press. Inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in April 2014, he joined the newspaper in 1984 and has chronicled the Atlantic Coast Conference, dozens of college bowl games, 25 NCAA Final Fours, Super Bowl XLIII, U.S. Open golf, the 1996 Summer Olympics and more. Teel grew up in Baltimore, graduated from James Madison University in 1981 and still types with two fingers. His wife, Jill, is the family's most accomplished athlete and astute sports observer. The couple welcomed a daughter in 2011.

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Feel free to dismiss Virginia’s routine 42-13 victory over Richmond in Saturday’s season-opener at Scott Stadium. Rationality is on your side. This is, after all, what often happens when a Power Five team hosts one from the Football Championship Subdivision. Talent, depth, size and strength prevail...

Virginia Tech’s first football game as an ACC school was against No. 1 and reigning national champion Southern California. Since that 2004 evening in Landover, Md., the Hokies have opened seasons versus ranked opponents such as Alabama (twice), Boise State, Ohio State and West Virginia. Monday...

Largely forgotten in Bronco Mendenhall’s stark presentation to Virginia’s Board of Visitors in June was a projection for his Cavaliers football team. Virginia is “likely” to make postseason again in 2018, the program’s third-year coach told the board. Suffice to say, any chance the Cavaliers have...

As the FBI probed the sport’s recruiting underbelly last preseason, Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey spoke for many at ACC media day. “We can’t have the games start soon enough,” he said, “so our fans can be reminded there are some good things in college basketball.” College football’s response:...

Josh Jackson, Ricky Walker and Yoshua Nijman are presumably healthy for Virginia Tech’s football season opener at Florida State on Monday night. They’ve practiced throughout training camp and answered questions from reporters Sunday. But what if they, or any player from either team, sustained an...

Vinny Mihota has started more football games at Virginia Tech than any active Hokie. He’s the only defensive player to have started during Frank Beamer’s coaching tenure and perhaps the first in program history honored for his play as an ultimate Frisbee forward. But here is what makes Mihota especially...

In 1999, Virginia Tech tailbacks Shyrone Stith and Andre Kendrick combined to rush for 1,901 yards and 22 touchdowns. That same year, Virginia’s Thomas Jones ran for 1,798 yards, setting single-season and career school records that still stand. Feel free to pine for the good ol’ days. Last year,...

Travis Fulgham’s first passport photo shows him in his mother’s arms. He was 3 months old. “I love traveling,” Fulgham said with a wide smile. Good thing, for he’s spent most of his life globetrotting. With only two seasons of high school football, Fulgham was a project when Old Dominion recruited...